Kategoriarkiv: Music Obscura

This pop-trio was founded in Pajala, Sweden and has crafted their own blend of electro-pop and riot grrrl punk.

In 2015 they performed at SXSW in Austin, TX and signed with label Digsin/Universal, where their debut album ”Ugly Youth” was released in 2017. Their single ”Young & Wild” premiered on prime time TV and became the 10 most played Swedish song on Swedish radio. The Magnettes have been praised by sites and tastemakers like Earmilk, Perez Hilton, Popcrush and Elle Sweden and so far toured in over 10 countries.

In 2018 they release new material, play Eurosonic Noorderslag in Holland, Tallin Music Week and tour Europe and make their second appearance at SXSW.

Now we have the honour of bringing the very best of Pajala to Uma Obscura!

Agent Side Grinder has a reputation of being a powerful and mighty live band. They have done seven European tours and played festivals such as M’era Luna Festival, Wave-Gotik Treffen. Their third album “Hardware” won the Manifest-award (Swedish indie-grammy) for best synth album in 2013. In 2015 they released their magnum opus “Alkimia”, a dramatic and melodic album that exceeded the success of ”Hardware” (another Manifest win) and cemented Agent Side Grinder’s position as one of Europe’s leading synth-wave bands.
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Peter Andersson and Robert Widell, Dpoint, dig deeper into the darkness which have influenced their music over the last releases. The music is inspired by Nitzer Ebb and Front 242, but of course also by Depeche Mode, and the result is a form of dystopic EBM-synthpop.

For the gig at Uma Obscura, Dark Sky, high BPM:s and hard beats mixed with a touch of psychadelia is to be expected. Bring out your darkest clothes from the wardrobes and make sure your boots are tied all the way up!

Arielle Andersson and Fredrik Lundvall Kindsäter are Octolab. The Swedish duo that create elegant Electronic Music where light and darkness meet. Their songs cover the range from syntpop to dark Electro. This time Emelie Andersson enter the stage with Octolab. She is known from the Octolab musicvideo saga.

Red Cell is a band that are always moving forward. The debut album with an almost Ministry-like industrial tone started their journey but in 2008 then turned towards a more danceable sound with songs like “Silent Noise”. In 2016 they released yet another chapter and here the duo has found a more mature style, but still keeping true to their electronic era. Fans of bands like The Knife and Depeche Mode will surely enjoy their new sound.

Escaped Noise consists of a number of people from Umeå who create music located somewhere on the scale of synthesizer pop – EBM – Electro Industrial – Industrial / Power Noise. Many of the instruments they use are also created by the band members themselves, so expect to hear some new sounds!